Seventeen-year-old Jordan, from Shard End, has the muscle wasting condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and is a pupil at Wilson Stuart School, in Perry Common.

The new wheelchair – which costs £8,804 – will have a high-low function to enable him to access different study stations at school and will recline, meaning increased comfort for Jordan.

Mum Julia Hopewell said: “This new wheelchair will help Jordan in so many ways, not only at school but for physiotherapy sessions and to get out and about with his friends more. He is a typical teenager, wanting a bit of independence, and this wheelchair will give him that.”

For the past three years Jordan has been using a bulky, basic powered chair.

Julia said: “We put all our savings into that equipment after Jordan’s previous hi-tech wheelchair was written off following an accident – it plunged 40 feet down an embankment.

“Luckily, Jordan came away with just a few cuts and bruises and a sprained foot, but the wheelchair was completely damaged.

“Since then, he has had to struggle with something that is not really suitable – which is why we applied to Midlands-based charity Newlife Foundation for help.”

Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children is a national charity based in Cannock, Staffordshire, and has funded 609 Equipment Grants in the West Midlands, totalling £865,750. Newlife was able to respond quickly, thanks to its charity partnership with Central England Co-operative (formerly Midlands Co-operative Society).

Newlife has been Central England Co-operative’s staff elected charity since May 2012, with colleagues and customers raising £397,707 which, to date, has funded 182 items of specialist disability equipment (44 of them for under-19s in the West Midlands).

Jordan added: “A great big thank you to the amazing people who have made this possible. Without them I would never have been able to have this hi-tech wheelchair. It means so much to me and will make a big difference to my life. Thank you.”

Larry Riopedre, manager of the Central England Co-operative store in Shard End, Birmingham, said: “We are delighted to have been able to help Jordan and his family in this way.”